11.15am 24 January 2026
Saturday Morning Amateur League, Division One
Wishaw Wycombe Wanderers 8 Dean Park 0 (att 13)
It took a Google search to discover why an amateur team based in Lanarkshire shares two-thirds of its name with a club hundreds of miles away in south east England.
Apparently one of the co-founders spoke to a youth officer at the Buckinghamshire club in the mid 1990s, and at a time when the 'world wide web' was becoming a thing they decided the initials, WWW, was a neat fit.
The Wishaw side has grown into a major community-based amateur set up, with many youth teams as well as it's senior side.
Until recently Wishaw Wycombe Wanderers had a Saturday afternoon team. Amateur Saturday afternoon football is in serious decline in Scotland, while morning leagues are expanding, and Wishaw have joined the ranks.
They're in the third of the Saturday Morning AFA's four divisions, but appear too good for that division. This easy win maintained their 100 per cent winning league record, and they're also through to the last 16 of the prestigious Scottish Amateur Cup.
They dominated from the start against Dean Park, who are at the wrong end of the table but by no means a bad side. It was 5-0 by half time, and the home side added their three second half goals by the 57th minute.
They had chances to add more, but Dean Park worked hard to keep the final score to eight. It's worth mentioning, and congratulating, Wishaw's Jamie Moir, who scored four, including his 500th and 501st goals for the club. A remarkable achievement.
Home venues are flexible in the Saturday Morning AFA. Wishaw Wycombe Wanderers are currently playing on a floodlit artificial pitch at the newish Newmains and St Brigid's Community Hub.
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